Tag: comicsgate

REVIEW: Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney

andrewrodriguez | Oct 9, 2019 | 0

Ethan Van Sciver is far from a new face to comics. Having teamed up with multiple writers throughout his 26 years in the industry, he’s worked on the most prominent characters that the medium has to offer. Some of the very best, and my favorite, comics for a given character have been penciled by V...

Doug Ernst’s Soulfinder: Demon’s Match IGG Comic Book Campaign is Here!

Spike | Jun 14, 2019 | 0

The history of the consumer hashtag #ComicsGate is a complicated one. But there’s a group of people who have certainly impacted the development of the struggle to make comic books great and viable again; Englentine from I Love Comics, Captain Frugal, and Washington Times journalist Doug Ernst ...

Alterna Comics’ Owner Peter Simeti Swatted on a Livestream

Spike | Feb 16, 2019 | 0

The so-called “cultural war” on the internet is getting worse, and extremely dangerous. On February 13, Peter Simeti was livestreaming about comics at the 1st Print Comics channel. Suddenly, mid-broadcast, he was held at gunpoint by a SWAT team. According to Peter’s Twitter, someo...

Corporatism vs. Nerdom: Repeating Industry-Killing Mistakes

Spike | Jan 11, 2019 | 0

Mainstream entertainment companies are really working hard to take the “entertainment” out of the entertainment industry. Marvel, EA, Lucasfilm, Blizzard, Bethesda, Wizards of the Coast – to name a few – are run by executives who only understand the business aspect of the ecosyste...

Ethan Van Sciver Departs Comicsgate

andrewrodriguez | Nov 13, 2018 | 0

While Comicsgate – as an idea and as a mindset – has been around for much longer, the movement didn’t begin gaining real traction until 2017. What is Comicsgate? For those not yet educated in the matter, Comicsgate is a consumer-driven movement in retaliation to the prevailing practices within...